Institute of Rural Development Planning
IRDP · Public non-university institution · Dodoma
Not on TCU's list (non-university institution) — approved to admit to the bachelor's programmes below.
Bachelor's programmes, 2026/27
21
open to Form Six applicants
Places for Form Six applicants
3,550
our sum of the listed capacities
Minimum points
4.0
lowest–highest across its programmes; a floor, not a cut-off
Length
3–4 years
as listed per programme
Non-university institutions — colleges and institutes registered by NACTVET, the technical and vocational education council — are not on TCU's list of university institutions, but TCU's guidebook lists the bachelor's programmes they are approved to admit to in this cycle. The guidebook says its programmes are approved by TCU or NACTVET.
Its bachelor's programmes, 2026/27
In alphabetical order. The subjects each programme counts are in TCU's guidebook.
Dodoma
| Programme | Code | Minimum points | Places | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor Degree in Accounting and FinanceRD017 · 3 years | RD017 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Business AdministrationRD009 · 3 years | RD009 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Community DevelopmentRD008 · 3 years | RD008 | 4.0 | 350 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Development and Policy AnalysisRD018 · 3 years | RD018 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Development Finance and Investment PlanningRD001 · 3 years | RD001 | 4.0 | 300 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in EconomicsRD007 · 3 years | RD007 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Environmental Planning and ManagementRD002 · 3 years | RD002 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Human Resource ManagementRD005 · 3 years | RD005 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Information TechnologyRD015 · 3 years | RD015 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Land Management and ValuationRD013 · 4 years | RD013 | 4.0 | 100 | 4 |
| Bachelor Degree in Local Government Administration and ManagementRD011 · 3 years | RD011 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Population and Development PlanningRD003 · 3 years | RD003 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Project Planning and ManagementRD010 · 3 years | RD010 | 4.0 | 300 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Regional Development PlanningRD004 · 3 years | RD004 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in StatisticsRD014 · 3 years | RD014 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Urban and Regional PlanningRD012 · 4 years | RD012 | 4.0 | 200 | 4 |
| Bachelor Degree in Urban Development and Environmental ManagementRD006 · 4 years | RD006 | 4.0 | 200 | 4 |
Mwanza
| Programme | Code | Minimum points | Places | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor Degree in Community DevelopmentRDM04 · 3 years | RDM04 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in EconomicsRDM02 · 3 years | RDM02 | 4.0 | 200 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Project Planning and ManagementRDM03 · 3 years | RDM03 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
| Bachelor Degree in Regional Development PlanningRDM01 · 3 years | RDM01 | 4.0 | 100 | 3 |
Reading these figures
“Minimum points” is the guidebook's Minimum Institutional Admission Points: the lowest A-level points an applicant needs to be considered for the programme — an eligibility floor, not the score of the last student admitted. Each institution then selects among eligible applicants, on competition for its places; no admitted scores are published. Points come from the grades of the principal passes the programme counts (A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2, E = 1, S = 0.5; A-levels taken in 2014 and 2015 used a different scale). Each programme also names the subjects that count, which we don't reproduce — read them in TCU's guidebook.
Places are the admission capacity the guidebook lists for holders of secondary-school (Form Six) qualifications. Holders of a diploma apply under a separate guidebook with its own capacities, which can differ for the same programme, so these are not a programme's total intake. Totals are our sums.
TCU's publications carry no tuition fees: each institution sets its own and publishes them itself. The guidebook mentions only TCU's quality assurance fee of TSh 20,000 for every student enrolled at a university institution.
Source: Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) — “University Institutions Approved to operate in Tanzania as of August 11, 2026” and the “Bachelor's Degree Admission Guidebook for the 2026/27 Admission Cycle (For Holders of Secondary School Qualifications)”, August 2026. Facts re-keyed and organised by CollegeMatcher: TCU's text and tables are not reproduced, and sums, groupings, ordering and English labels are ours. Not reviewed or endorsed by TCU.
TCU list of approved university institutions (PDF) · TCU admission guidebook 2026/27, Form Six holders (PDF)
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